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The mayor of a small town in South Carolina was pulled over for allegedly driving a lawn mower down the street with an open container of beer. “I know, I apologize for that,” said Mayor John Gardner in the dashcam video, before being asked to pour out the beverage by the police.

The first set of John Gardner 007 continuation novel trade paperbacks out on Tuesday in the US and the UK. The first three novels shall be License Renewed, Icebreaker, For Special Services and Two more shall be released in May. US Covers UK Covers

Dear John, What part of "Thou Shalt not Kill" did you not understand? Or did you simply forget because it was rarely on your mind? Maybe you were never taught that in the first place. As I understand it, you're not just a cold blooded murderer, you are now in prison for life - sharing the same unit as Charles Manson. Did you ever think it would come to this? You said you could not get the help you needed. Did you even realize the kind of help you needed was not just mental, but spiritual and emotional? Did you...

John Albert Gardner III reacts angrily to a statement by Candice Montayo John Albert Gardner III’s victims had their say in court today, reading prepared statements that were heavy on loss and anger. Six people in all tried to articulate the toll Gardner’s violence took on their lives, many of them saying he would burn in hell as part of his punishment and criticizing the system that let such heinous crimes take place. Brent and Kelly King, the parents of murdered Poway 17-year-old Chelsea King, also directed some of their anger at Gardner’s father, largely absent from his life, and...

John Gardner, who recently confessed to killing both 14 year old Amber Dubois and 17 year old Chelsea King, has released a public apology. This apology is his first public statement since his confession, and was given to local news affiliate CBS News 8 of San Diego, CA. (original source) His statement reads as follows: "I'm sorry. I wish I could take it back. I know that it doesn't mean anything to anybody but I really am sorry for everything. I wish that I was able to get help when I tried to get help. I tried to seek out...

April 16, 2010 Convicted California Sex Offender Pleads Guilty to Murdering Two Teens Associated Press John Gardner pleaded guilty Friday to murdering Amber Dubois and Chelsea King. [Pics of Defendant and Victims in URL] SAN DIEGO -- Sex offender John Albert Gardner pleaded guilty Friday to murdering two teenage girls in San Diego County after prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty. Gardner, 31, faces life in prison without parole for killing 14-year-old Amber Dubois and 17-year-old Chelsea King. He also pleaded guilty to attempting to rape another woman who was jogging in San Diego last year. Gardner, wearing...

Dear John Gardner, what does "Thou shalt not kill" mean to you now? 31 year old John Gardner III, who was assumed to be the killer of 17 year old Chelsea King, and possibly 14 year old Amber Dubois, has pled "Guilty" to murdering both girls in the San Diego area. John Gardner is expected to to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole, but what will his punishment be? His plea prevents him from filing an appeal, yet it also prevents him from receiving the death penalty. He is scheduled to be sentenced June 1st, 2010. It...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Associated Press) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday ordered California corrections officials to keep sex offenders' parole records indefinitely after he learned the files of a man now charged with killing a 17-year-old girl had been destroyed. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation disclosed the documents on John Albert Gardner III had been destroyed in a response Friday to a records request by The Associated Press.